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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1814-1817 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Elongated semi-ovoid body on a high foot. With two handles in the form of gilt ram's heads, and wide concave neck decorated with a band of anthemion ornament in gold. On one side of the body is a bouquet and on the other are two smaller sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Swansea Pottery, Swansea, 1814-1817
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Elongated semi-ovoid body on a high foot. With two handles in the form of gilt ram's heads, and wide concave neck decorated with a band of anthemion ornament in gold. On one side of the body is a bouquet and on the other are two smaller sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Credit line
Given by C.B. Farmer, Esq.
Production
Made from Billingsley's recipe
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.147-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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